Nicole Dolan

Christmas Baby {birth}

Let me tell you a story…   On Christmas morning I woke up groggy after a weekend spent in bed coughing & fighting a cold.  My teenagers slept.  My dog slept.  My husband slept.  My five-year-old danced around the Christmas tree singing, “Wake up, wake up, wake up!” I heard her thump down the stairs…

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{Family Portrait} In My Backyard Session, Lacey Twp, NJ

Not MY backyard actually – their backyard!  But I’ve been thinking about this concept for a while now & this session was like the last piece of the puzzle.  I will make an announcement about these special sessions soon!   I was invited to come photograph the whole awesome family as a Mother’s Day gift….

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{Family} Portraits, Lime Bluff Park, Hughesville, Pa

Time flies. I feel pretty lucky every time I schedule a family session. Its so obvious & fun to get pictures of the children, capturing how they are growing up, the gummy smiles, their big exaggerated tears, all the overall sentimental cuteness.  Its easy to forget as parents to get in the picture because we’re all,…

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Warm & Sunny Fall {Family} Portrait

It felt warm & sunny.   On this in between-seasons kind of day, we headed for a park with a graceful weeping willow, a wet creek for rock throwing & left our jackets at home. Later, we gave the family baby a pumpkin to hold just to remind us, yes, yes it is Fall. There’s…

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